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Parent recounts years of bullying at Bermudian Springs, urges board to act
Summary
At a school board meeting, Nicole Nelson and family described years of bullying of their son at Bermudian Springs schools, alleging staff inaction, a 2013 bus assault corroborated by police, and that the family removed the student to cyber school for safety. They urged the board to ensure student protection.
Nicole Nelson told the Bermudian Springs School Board during public comment that her son endured persistent bullying from elementary school through middle school and that district staff repeatedly failed to protect him. "We had talked to Mister Straub to no end…We were in there every day in elementary school," Nelson said, describing threats, teacher comments she called belittling, and a 504 plan that she said was not properly followed.
Nelson said the harassment escalated through middle school and culminated in a 2013 bus incident in which her son returned home with a reddened face after being struck multiple times. She said police…
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